10 Interesting Fact About Famous adventurers

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• Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the peak of Everest in 1953.
• Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot who managed to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.
• Marco Polo discovered a paste and brought his recipe from China to Italy in the 13th century.
• Christopher Columbus actually wanted to find trade routes to Asia, but instead he found America in 1492.
• Ibn Battuta is a Moroccan traveler who visited around 44 countries for 30 years in the 14th century.
• Neil Armstrong is the first human being running on the moon in 1969.
• Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911.
• Betsy Ross was a woman who sewed the first United States flag in 1777.
• James Cook is a British traveler who explored the Pacific and discovered Australia in 1770.
• Jacques Cousteau is a marine expert who discovered a modern submarine and explored sea with advanced technology in the 20th century.